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Letters Patent No; 80,002, dated July 14, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE HAY-FORKS.

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IO ALL WI-IOM-IT MAY CNCERN: y Be itrknowuthat I, C, Eh/IURRAY, of Sugar Valley, in the county of Clinton, and lState of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and improved Horse Hay-Fork; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear,

and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had'to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and improved horse hay-fork for unloading hay, and mowing it away in barns, or forming stacks.

`The inventionconsists in a peculiar construction of the fork, as hereinafter-fully shown and described, whereby a large amount of hay maybe lifted or unloaded in a given time.

In the accompanying sheetof drawings- Figure lis a side view of my invention.

Figure 2, an edge view of the same.

Similar lettersof reference indicate corresponding parts.

The frame consists of two prongs, aa, which diverge from each other, from their junction or head to which aswivel-ring, c, is attached. The hoisting rope (shown in redlis connectedto this swivel-ring.

To the lower end of each prong a there is attached, by a joint, d, a tooth, e.

These teeth may be turned down in line with the prongs a a, or turned upward and inward atright angles with the same, as shown in red in fig. 1. These teeth e e have rodsff attached to them by pivots g, and the upper ends cfthe rods are connected, as shown at gx, to opposite sidesot` an eccentric, h, which is fitted in an arm, z', the latter being attached to and projecting from the head 5 of the frame.

The eccentric, 7L, has an arm, 7', projecting from it, to which a trip-'rope is attached, and when this arm 7' is drawn down, as shown in iig. 2, the teeth e e may be shoved into the hay on the loaded wagon or cart, and when forced into the hay the army' is shoved upward,'and the teeth e e thereby raised` to a position at about right angles with the prongs, as shown in red in iig. 1. Theimplement is then raised by meansof a horse connected with the usualtaekle, and the load is held in the fork by the teeth e e, and, when the load is over the desired spot, the operator, by pulling the trip-rope,draws down the arm j of the eccentric, h, and the load 'is discharged from the teeth,.the latter beingperfectly free to turn down assoon as the connections gx, at the upper ends of the rodsff, pass outward'beycnd a vertical ligne which passes through the axis of the eccentric. When the teeth e e are raised, they are made to sustain their load in-cousequence-of thc connections gX being at the inner s'ide of said vertical line, a complete lock being formed thereby.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as` new, and desire to secure Aby Letters Patent, is The frame, composed of the diverging prongs a a and head Z1, in combinationwith the pivoted or jointed l teeth e le, rods ff, and eccentric 7L, lall arranged for joint operation, substantially in the manner as and for the purpos'e set forth. g The above specification of my inventionsigned by me, this scventeenthday of December, 1867.

' c. E. MURRAY.'

Witnesses:

JfM. QUIGGLE, J2e. W. FLEMIN'G 

